Bongo Fleva star Jay Melody has said that he has no limits in producing only certain types of music, admitting that he always listens to his fans and gives them what they would like to hear from him.
Melody, who was talking to a blogger in Tanzania, recalled how he released Amapiano song which didn’t do quite well.
“Mimi nashukuru kila hali, sio tu Amapiano nimetoa halafu haikufanya vizuri, labda watu wakaona nimeswitch sana. Lakini wakati mwingine mashabiki wanatupenda wakiona tunafanya muziki ule ule, lakini wakituona tunaendelea vile vile pia wanatuhama na kutafuta msanii mpya. Ndio maana ni vizuri kwa msanii wakati mwingine unafaa kuwaza mashabiki wana masikio gani,” he said.
Melody stressed that despite his Amapiano song not doing well he had not given up on releasing songs in different genres as long as it is requested by his fans, revealing that he could do Reggae music.
“Kila hali mimi naipokea kutoka kwa mashabiki – wale wanaonijibu hasi na wale wanaonijibu chanya. Wimbo ukifanya vizuri ishaallah na usipofanya vizuri pia namshukuru Mungu kwa sababu tunachokifanya si kwamba kitamfurahisha kila mtu au kikawa bora muda wote. Mimi nitaendelea kutoa tu ngoma zangu haijalishi. Hata Amapiano nitatoa, hata sijui Reggae nitatoa,” Melody said.
The Tanzanian musician said that during the time he has been in the industry, he has learned to accept all kinds of responses, remembering even when he dreamed of singing ‘Nakupenda’, people criticized him a lot, but as time went on and fans got the patience to listen to the song, they came to love it.
“Nakumbuka hata kipindi natoa ‘Nakupenda’ watu walicharuka wakisema ngoma gani hii. Ngoma ya taratibu hiyo watu wanatoa Amapiano sasa hivi, lakini ikaja ikafanya vizuri. Nyimbo zangu nyingi zinaanza hivyo kwa kasi ya mwendo pole lakini baadae huchukua kasi na kushika,” he recalled.
Jay Melody appreciated his Kenyan fans saying that the love they give him has made him to do more shows in Kenya than the ones he has done at home in Tanzania.
“Mimi nawapenda sana Wakenya kwa sababu hata ukiangalia Boomplay ya Kenya mimi nina ngoma 5 pale juu. Yaani ngoma kama ‘Nakupenda’ ina miaka 2 lakini bado inafanya vizuri Kenya,” he said.
